person
Tecmessa
The captive concubine of Ajax, type of the mournful, grieving woman.
Reading notes
- The Art of Love §3.6 Ajax's wife
Tecmessa, captive of the Telamonian Ajax, whose covering was the hero's seven-hide shield.
- The Art of Love §3.25 Tecmessa
The grieving captive of Ajax; the poet would not court so mournful a woman.